Marriage
licenses
must be obtained and presented to the wedding minister / marriage
officiant prior to the beginning
of your wedding ceremony. Marriage licenses are obtained from the
county clerks office.

A license obtained in any Oklahoma County will be valid for marriage in
all Oklahoma Counties. An example would be if Jane and John live in
Oklahoma County but wish to be married at a special location in Tulsa
County. This couple could obtain their marriage license in their home
county and it would be valid for their ceremony in Tulsa County
or any
other county in Oklahoma. There would be no need to visit Tulsa County
in advance of their wedding day.

The
cost for a marriage license in Oklahoma is $50.00. You may save $45
on your marriage license if you take 4 hours of pre-marital counseling,
bringing the cost of your Oklahoma Marriage License to $5.00.
(The premarital counseling program must be conducted be in accordance
with Oklahoma Statute 43
O.S. 5.1.)

There is no residency restriction to obtain a marriage license in
Oklahoma. You are not required to be a resident of Oklahoma to obtain a
marriage license however, you will be required to provide
identification with proof of age. Examples of acceptable identification
would be Drivers License, State ID, Military ID or birth
certificate.

Minors under 16 are not allowed to be married in Oklahoma (Exception:
Court Order). Minors who are 16-17 years old may be married in Oklahoma
and may obtain a marriage license with parental consent and a birth
certificate is required. For these individuals there is a
mandatory 72 hour waiting period before marriage. Adults age 18 and
above would not require a waiting period to be married. (Exception:
Divorced individuals must wait a minimum of 6 months after the Divorce
Decree is filed to take a new spouse.)

After the wedding,
your marriage license must be returned for filing to the county clerks
office where it was obtained within 30 days as a general rule. Your
County Clerk will be able to inform you if they require that the
marriage license be returned in a shorter time-frame. Your Oklahoma
Marriage license will require the signature of two witnesses, the
bride, the groom and the minister or officiant who performs your
wedding ceremony. The bride should sign the marriage license with her
name as she will be known going forward. This means that the bride will
sign the license with her first, middle and new last name if she
chooses to take the
grooms last name as her own. The groom will also sign the marriage
license with his full legal name, first, middle and last, no nicknames
or abbreviations.

In Oklahoma County Marriage
Licenses can be obtained from the court clerk on the fourth (4th) floor
of the Oklahoma
County Courthouse located at 320 Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma City, OK or
the county annex office at 28 E. Main St. Edmond, OK. Door to door
directions to the Oklahoma County courthouse can be found by entering
your address below.

Update: As of October 6, 2014 same-sex couples may legally obtain a
marriage license in the state of Oklahoma.

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For couples who would
like to obtain their Marriage License from
another county, please find your county's contact info below: